I arrived home from work today to find a package sitting under my mailbox addressed to me. It came in a priority envelope, but had no postage. This is what I had been waiting for! My SS contacted me last week asking if they could drop of the package as they also lived in Chicago. I thought they wanted to come over for a spot of tea and maybe some scones, but turned out that they just wanted to drop off the gift. Either way worked for the wife and I, and this was super cool.

I grabbed the package and raced upstairs. After walking the dog, saying hello to the family, and taking off my shoes I put the gift on a surface with a solid colored background that didn't show off our toddler destroyed apartment :) Like a shark to blood, my daughter darted over to investigate something new that is undoubtedly for her.

A paper tearing frenzy ensued. Luckily all of us escaped with limbs and digits still intact. To my surprise, under the paper were two (2 (1 + 1 (more than 1 less than 3))) XBox 360 games that were on my wishlist: Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas! This is totally BA. My SS knocked this one out of the park! I'm a huge fan of Skyrim and my co-workers keep telling me that I'll love Fallout, so now I can prove them right!

There was a little McGyver style name tag (you know, when you take some of the excess wrapping paper and make a little card out of it) attached. Inside it said "Christmas... Christmas never changes... " and a From my Secret Santa. I think the redditor's name was in parentheses (CaptainConway?) If that is you Captain Conway, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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Nicely wrapped

Nicely wrapped

Daughter going in for the kill

Under the paper and after the unwrapping frenzy: Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas! That's like a million hours of gameplay... going to have to invent a time freezing machine :)

Baby girl thinks she's the big winner here because "OMG BOXES!" I'll share with her, but only after I explore the vast post apocalyptic wastelands